Sounion Cove slag locality, Sounion, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece

White and gray crystals of penfieldite, in slag. To the left and to the right, down, dominating the prismatic shape, while in the center there is a crystal that has a steep pyramid. Collection and photo of Gianfranco Ciccolini. Nikon D610, bellows, Schneider Kreuznach 35mm; f: 4. Focal using 5.6.

Numerous small prismatic crystals, with the typical morphology, of phosgenite aggregates in order to recreate a previous crystal, larger, probably of phosgenite. So you can think of a case of phosgenite after phosgenite. Collection and photo of Gianfranco Ciccolini. Nikon D610, bellows, Schneider Kreuznach 35mm; f: 4. Focal using 5.6.

Cumengite crystals blue on Matlockite crystals white,p.w. 0.98 mm,coll.& photo Ko Jansen.

© Ko Jansen

Great shiny crystal of Phosgenite of around 1 mm of extension. Picture and collection: Simone Ferrante

© Simone Ferrante

Numerous small prismatic crystals, with the typical morphology, of phosgenite aggregates in order to recreate a previous crystal, larger, probably of phosgenite. So you can think of an instance of phosgenite after phosgenite Collection and photo of Gianfranco Ciccolini. Nikon D610, bellows, Schneider Kreuznach 35mm; f: 4. Focal using 5.6.

Pseudoboleite crystals (visual ID) in cross-like intergrowth (very rare), p.w. 0.31 mm, coll.& photo Ko Jansen.

© Ko Jansen

Aggregate of "beige", transparent, thin, tabular, pseudo-hexagonal crystals of hydrocerussite, in a small vug in the slag, with crystalline spheres of calcite. Not analyzed. Collection and photo by Gianfranco Ciccolini. Nikon D750, two bellows, Luminar 25 mm, total opening.

Diaboleite crystal,p.w. 0.41 mm,coll.& photo Ko Jansen.

© Ko Jansen

Laurionite crystals blanc,blue material possible Diaboleite,p.w. 1.64 mm,coll.& photo Ko Jansen.

© Ko Jansen

Here are some well formed diaboleite cristals with dark head self collected in 2000

© Bonifazi Marco

Mammothite white blue fibres aggregateof needles and some blue crystals of Pseudoboleite , p.w. 0.74 mm,coll.& photo Ko Jansen.

© Ko Jansen

Cumengite crystal built up out of Boleite crystal with pyramids on the faces of the Boleite,p.w. 0.37 mm,coll.& photo Ko Jansen.

© Ko Jansen

Phosgenite crystal,p.w. 1.71 mm,coll.& photo Ko Jansen.

© Ko Jansen

Phosgenite crystals clear,p.w. 2.08 mm,coll.& photo Ko Jansen.

© Ko Jansen

Polytwinned of tabular crystals, elongated, white, of cerussite, grown in a cavity of the slag. Collection and photo of Gianfranco Ciccolini. Nikon D750, bellows, Luminar 40 mm.

Trigonal, pseudo-hexagonal, colorless and transparent tabular crystals of analogue of hydrocerussite. Gianfranco Ciccolini collection, author of the photo. Nikon D850, bellows, Luminar 25 mm.

On the right and left are two transparent crystals of paralaurionite and in the center, behind the two crystals of paralaurionite, a thick orthorhombic crystal, with horizontal striations, attributable to laurionite. See Gelaude, P., van Kalmthout, P. and Rewitzer, C. (1996): Laurion - minerals in ancient scoria. Authors' publication, Netherlands, ...

A typical twin of colorless and transparent crystals of the cerussite analogue. At the bottom right, spry of colorless crystals of the aragonite analogue. Gianfranco Ciccolini collection, author of the photo. Nikon D850, bellow, Luminar 25 mm.

Blue Cumengite and colorless Laurionite. Photo with Canon Eos 600 D + Bellows + Rodenstock Rodagon 28 mm 1:4,0 reversed. Photo and collection Giovanni Scapin.

© Giovanni Scapin 2024

Rectangular colorless tabular crystals of matlockite and blueish crystals of cumengite. Photo with Canon Eos 600 D + Bellows + Rodenstock Rodagon 28 mm 1:4,0 reversed. Photo and collection Giovanni Scapin.

© Giovanni Scapin 2024

Diaboleite from Sounion cove slag locality - Lavrion - Greece

© jean-vincent.coureau

Sounion cove. Photo Fritz Schreiber (2005).

© Fritz Schreiber